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AN EXPOSE OF THE TRICKS OF THE
YOGIS AND FAKIRS OF INDIA
BY
HEREWARD CARRINGTON
Author of “Handcuff Tricks,” “Side Show and AnimalTricks,” “The Boys’ Book of Magic,” “ThePhysical Phenomena of Spiritualism,”Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED
PUBLISHED BY THE SPHINX
Kansas City, Missouri
1913
TO
SIDNEY LENZ
(With Warmest Regards.)
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| Page | |
| The Mango Tree Trick | 5 |
| The Basket Trick | 19 |
| The Dry Sands Trick | 26 |
| The Coloured Sands Trick | 27 |
| The Diving Duck | 29 |
| The Jumping Egg | 30 |
| The Beans and Scorpion Trick | 32 |
| The Basket and Birds Trick | 33 |
| The Ball of Cotton Trick | 34 |
| The Brass Bowl Trick | 37 |
| Snake Charming | 38 |
| Voluntary Interment | 41 |
| The Rope Trick | 44 |
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HINDU MAGIC
In this pamphlet I propose to consider thephenomena which are presented by the fakirs andyogis of India, and to inquire into their nature andthe method of their production.
The feats performed by Indian fakirs arenumerous, but I shall describe those most commonlywitnessed: the mango-tree trick, the baskettrick, the bowl of water trick, the dry sands trick,the rope and dismembered body test, levitation,snake charming, burial alive, etc.
As so much is heard of Indian magic, and thepowers of the Oriental performer, it may be wellto examine their performances somewhat critically,and to see how far we are entitled to assumethat there is anything in them suggestingthe supernormal, anything calling for explanationsthat necessitate the operation of laws “otherthan those known to Western science.”